Why doesn't time just stand still on the North and South Pole?

If time zones are related to distance and degrees, and that you could walk a circle around all time zones from the poles, that would mean that the time at the equator goes slowest and at the poles there's no time at all. Now quantum theory suggests that if you negate gravity you negate time. So that would tell... show more If time zones are related to distance and degrees, and that you could walk a circle around all time zones from the poles, that would mean that the time at the equator goes slowest and at the poles there's no time at all. Now quantum theory suggests that if you negate gravity you negate time. So that would tell us gravity breaks down too.

That would mean the Admundson station on the South Pole is a FAKE. Same with the Rocky Station up North.

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Speaking of FAKE... there is a rumour that someone by the moniker of KnightWilliam is not actually trying to ask legitimate questions. Just trying to be a Troll. If you know this guy you might want to have a word to him about good manners.

Of course not being an idiot he would know that time zones have nothing whatsoever to do with time.
They are a human convenience so that we all start work in the morning ( when the sun rises ) and finish in the evening ( when the sun sets)
But given that for half the year the sun does not rise and the other half it does not set at the poles then this human convenience serves no real purpose at all.

Time never stands still. Regardless of which time zone you are in (or are not in), the Earth still makes one complete revolution every 24 hours, and continues in orbit around the sun making the trip once every 365 days. So even if you are standing at the center of Earth's north or south pole, you may not be in a particular time zone but you are still turning around once every 24 hours.

Also your premise about the time zones is false. The time zones are just larger (wider) at the equator because that is the largest part of a sphere that is divided the long way. The time zones get narrower near the poles, but the Earth does not spin faster or slower based upon where you are located on it.

False premise. Time does Not stop at the poles. That's like saying time stops at .night because you cant see the Sun but speeds up if the Sun never sets. That happens at both poles.. Because general relativity, .clocks tick slower deeper in gravity well. Because of special relativity. Astronauts are a few microsecond younger.

The next facts will really blow your .Ind. The rate of radioactive decay on Earth changes with Earth's distance from the Sun, but time foes not stop. There are 37 time zones. And there is Greenwich mean time, Universal coordinated time and Zulu time.

I did not stop aging when I was in a medically induced coma for 6 weeks 9 years ago. My heart did not stop beating and I was never brain dead.

Time zones depend on Sun rise and Sun set. From one Sun Rise to second Sun rise is 24 hours at the equator. Nothing to do what and where you are. Time is set for convenience. Quantum theory is a mathematical method. Objects may not obey quantum mechanics. Gravity breaks down is when the equation can not be solved, like that near the black hole. The two stations are there. You can visit them. What you get in all the books are related to how to study the nature. But nature does not care for us. So do not get confused with the words. Check it with the dictionary and get the meaning. Scientists have a habit of making and faking the observation with theor interpretation. Do not mix them.

The reason is that the earth spins at a particular frequency.Hence after each spin, time increases one notch.
The rotational speed at different latitude location on the globe is determined by the following equation;

V / lambda= Fq,Where V is the orbital speed of a mass at that particular latitude, Lambda is the radius of the orbit,Fq is the frequency of rotation as measured by an observer.

When the orbit velocity of the earth relative to the Sun changes the spin Velocity of the Earth also changes accordingly.

Hence the globe angular velocity is quasi constant which follows the mass change of the Earth. if one is standing one meter radius from the pole he would have to wait 24 hour to return to the same position
Hence position and time are related..
Negative time means there is a relativity like the time in California is minus 3 hours that of time in NY. How ever the period of the earth stills remains the same comparatively.

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Why doesn't time just stand still on the North and South Pole?

If time zones are related to distance and degrees, and that you could walk a circle around all time zones from the poles, that would mean that the time at the equator goes slowest and at the poles there's no time at all. Now quantum theory suggests that if you negate gravity you negate time. So that would tell us gravity breaks down too.

That would mean the Admundson station on the South Pole is a FAKE. Same with the Rocky Station up North.